Search for Supersymmetry in 8 TeV Proton-proton Collision Events with Bottom-quark Jets and Missing Transverse Energy
Search for Supersymmetry in 8 TeV Proton-proton Collision Events with Bottom-quark Jets and Missing Transverse Energy

Author: Benjamin Kreis

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Published: 2014

Total Pages: 181

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A search for supersymmetry in a sample of proton-proton collision events with a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV is presented. The sample, collected with the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.4 fb[-]1 . Events are required to have large missing transverse energy, at least three jets, and at least one identified bottom-quark jet. Numbers of events in exclusive bins of the scalar sum of jet transverse momentum values, missing transverse energy, and bottom-quark jet multiplicity are found to be consistent with the standard model expectations. The results are interpreted as 95% confidence level upper limits on simplified supersymmetric models approximating gluino mediated bottom- and top-squark production.

Search for Supersymmetry in Proton-proton Collisions at 7 TeV in Events with a Single Lepton, B-tagged Jets and Missing Transverse Momentum at the LHC Using Data Collected from the CMS Detector
Search for Supersymmetry in Proton-proton Collisions at 7 TeV in Events with a Single Lepton, B-tagged Jets and Missing Transverse Momentum at the LHC Using Data Collected from the CMS Detector

Author: Wing Howard To

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9781303052842

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This thesis describes a search for supersymmetry (SUSY) at the Large Hadron Collider using data collected in Run 2011 at center of mass energy of 7 TeV by the Compact Muon Solenoid detector with an integrated luminosity of 4.98 $fb{-1}$. First, the Large Hadron Collider is briefly described along with the Compact Muon Solenoid detector. Second, the Standard Model of particle physics is described which leads to the motivations for supersymmetry and its description. Finally, a search for supersymmetry in events with a single lepton, 2 b-tagged jets and missing transverse energy is documented in detail. The results are used to predict the yields from the standard model in bins missing transverse energy (\met) and total transverse hadronic energy (HT). Limits are set using these results using a minimal supergravity SUSY model and simplified model spectra SUSY model.

Search for Supersymmetry in Hadronic Final States with Missing Transverse Energy Using the Variables [alpha] T and B-quark Multiplicity in Pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s}
Search for Supersymmetry in Hadronic Final States with Missing Transverse Energy Using the Variables [alpha] T and B-quark Multiplicity in Pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s}

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 45

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An inclusive search for supersymmetric processes that produce final states with jets and missing transverse energy is performed in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 11.7 fb-1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. In this search, a dimensionless kinematic variable, [alpha] T, is used to discriminate between events with genuine and misreconstructed missing transverse energy. The search is based on an examination of the number of reconstructed jets per event, the scalar sum of transverse energies of these jets, and the number of these jets identified as originating from bottom quarks. No significant excess of events over the standard model expectation is found. Exclusion limits are set in the parameter space of simplified models, with a special emphasis on both compressed-spectrum scenarios and direct or gluino-induced production of third-generation squarks. For the case of gluino-mediated squark production, gluino masses up to 950-1125 GeV are excluded depending on the assumed model. Finally, for the direct pair-production of squarks, masses up to 450 GeV are excluded for a single light first- or second-generation squark, increasing to 600 GeV for bottom squarks.

Search for Supersymmetry in Pp Collisions at 7 TeV in Events with Jets and Missing Transverse Energy
Search for Supersymmetry in Pp Collisions at 7 TeV in Events with Jets and Missing Transverse Energy

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 218

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A search for supersymmetry with R-parity conservation in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35 inverse picobarns collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is performed in events with jets and significant missing transverse energy, characteristic of the decays of heavy, pair-produced squarks and gluinos. The primary background, from standard model multijet production, is reduced by several orders of magnitude to a negligible level by the application of a set of robust kinematic requirements. With this selection, the data are consistent with the standard model backgrounds, namely t t-bar, W + jet and Z + jet production, which are estimated from data control samples. Limits are set on the parameters of the constrained minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model. These limits extend those set previously by experiments at the Tevatron and LEP colliders.

A Search for Supersymmetry in Events with a Z Boson, Jets, and Missing Transverse Energy in Pp Collisions with Sqrt(s)
A Search for Supersymmetry in Events with a Z Boson, Jets, and Missing Transverse Energy in Pp Collisions with Sqrt(s)

Author: Tova Ray Holmes

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 191

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A search for new phenomena in final states containing a Z boson decaying to electrons or muons, jets, and large missing transverse momentum is presented. This search uses proton--proton collision data collected during 2015 and 2016 at a center of mass energy sqrt(s)=13 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, which correspond to an integrated luminosity of 14.7 fb-1. The search targets the pair production of supersymmetric particles, squarks or gluinos, which decay via jets and a Z boson to the lightest Supersymmetric particle, which does not interact with the ATLAS detector. Results are interpreted in simplified models of gluino-pair (squark-pair) production, and provide sensitivity to gluinos (squarks) with masses as large as 1.3 (1.0) TeV.

Search for Supersymmetry in the Multijet and Missing Transverse Momentum Final State in Pp Collisions at 13 TeV.
Search for Supersymmetry in the Multijet and Missing Transverse Momentum Final State in Pp Collisions at 13 TeV.

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Published: 2016

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A search for new physics is performed based on all-hadronic events with large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=13 TeV. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 inverse femtobarns, was collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2015. The data are examined in search regions of jet multiplicity, tagged bottom quark jet multiplicity, missing transverse momentum, and the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta. The observed numbers of events in all search regions are found to be consistent with the expectations from standard model processes. Exclusion limits are presented for simplified supersymmetric models of gluino pair production. Depending on the assumed gluino decay mechanism, and for a massless, weakly interacting, lightest neutralino, lower limits on the gluino mass from 1440 to 1600 GeV are obtained, significantly extending previous limits.

Search for Supersymmetry with B-quark Jets and Missing Transverse Energy in Pp Collisions at Sqrt(S)
Search for Supersymmetry with B-quark Jets and Missing Transverse Energy in Pp Collisions at Sqrt(S)

Author: Wee Don Teo

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 197

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Miss We present a search for supersymmetry in events with large ET, no leptons, at least three jets, and one or more b-quark jets. We use a data sample corre[SQUARE ROOT] sponding to 4.98 fb[-]1 of proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV collected by the CMS experiment in 2011. The primary sources of standard model background are evaluated using data-driven techniques. We find good agreement between the data and the sum of the background predictions. The results are used to constrain the cross sections for the production of b-quark-enriched final states in the context of supersymmetric models.

Search for Supersymmetry in Events with One Lepton and Multiple Jets in Proton-proton Collisions at Sqrt(s)
Search for Supersymmetry in Events with One Lepton and Multiple Jets in Proton-proton Collisions at Sqrt(s)

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Published: 2016

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A search for supersymmetry is performed in events with a single electron or muon in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 inverse femtobarns. Several exclusive search regions are defined based on the number of jets and b-tagged jets, the scalar sum of the jet transverse momenta, and the scalar sum of the missing transverse momentum and the transverse momentum of the lepton. The observed event yields in data are consistent with the expected backgrounds from standard model processes. The results are interpreted using two simplified models of supersymmetric particle spectra, both of which describe gluino pair production. In the first model, each gluino decays via a three-body process to top quarks and a neutralino, which is associated with the observed missing transverse momentum in the event. Gluinos with masses up to 1.6 TeV are excluded for neutralino masses below 600 GeV. In the second model, each gluino decays via a three-body process to two light quarks and a chargino, which subsequently decays to a W boson and a neutralino. The mass of the chargino is taken to be midway between the gluino and neutralino masses. In this model, gluinos with masses below 1.4 TeV are excluded for neutralino masses below 700 GeV.

Search for Supersymmetry in Events with Soft Leptons, Low Jet Multiplicity, and Missing Transverse Energy in Proton{u2013}proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$
Search for Supersymmetry in Events with Soft Leptons, Low Jet Multiplicity, and Missing Transverse Energy in Proton{u2013}proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 27

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Results are presented from a search for supersymmetric particles in scenarios with a compressed mass spectrum. The data sample corresponds to 19.7 inverse femtobarns of proton-proton collisions recorded by the CMS experiment at √s = 8 TeV. The search targets top squark ($ ilde{t}$ pair production in scenarios with mass differences ?m = m($ ilde{t}$ – m($ ilde{i}$10) below the W-boson mass and with top-squark decays in the four-body mode ($ ilde{t}$ → blv$ ilde{i}$10), where the ($ ilde{i}$10) is assumed to be the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). The signature includes a high transverse momentum (pT) jet associated with initial-state radiation, one or two low-pT leptons, and significant missing transverse energy. The event yields observed in data are consistent with the expected background contributions from standard model processes. Limits are set on the cross section for top squark pair production as a function of the $ ilde{t}$ and LSP masses. Assuming a 100% branching fraction for the four-body decay mode, top-squark masses below 316 GeV are excluded for ?m = 25 GeV at 95% CL. Furthermore, the dilepton data are also interpreted under the assumption of chargino-neutralino production, with subsequent decays to sleptons or sneutrinos. Assuming a difference between the common $ ilde{i}$1+/$ ilde{i}$2+ mass and the LSP mass of 20 GeV and a ?-enriched decay scenario, masses in the range m( $ ilde{i}$1+)

Search for Supersymmetry at CMS in Events with B-tagged Jets and Missing Transverse Energy at 8 TeV
Search for Supersymmetry at CMS in Events with B-tagged Jets and Missing Transverse Energy at 8 TeV

Author: Kristen Flowers (Physicist)

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Published: 2015

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781321696004

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This dissertation presents results from a search for physics beyond the Standard Model, using 19.39 pb-1 of data collected by the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, during its 2012 operation at √ s=8 TeV. It focuses on models of supersymmetry that lead to final states with multiple jets, especially those from b-quark decay, and a large amount of missing transverse momentum. The amounts of background from top-quark, W+jets, Z → nu[special character omitted], and multi-jet production are determined from data-driven techniques. In particular, this includes a novel estimation of the ETmiss spectrum from semi-leptonic tt ̄ decay, which takes advantage of the precise knowledge of the W boson polarization. Predicted yields are consistent with simulated Standard Model processes and the observed data. Since no evidence of new physics is observed, limits are placed on the rate of gluino pair production to a final state with four b-quarks and two neutralinos. This process is excluded at 95% CL for a gluino with mass 1225 GeV and a neutralino with mass up to 350 GeV.